Of course they fucking refused to sell him. Why would they sell him in to us anyway.... And in the final hours of the window?

As has been said if Sullivan thinks saying that will placate fans then he is misguided.

The main question then being why did they offer Stoke £25m for Joe Allen and a measly £14m to Anderlecht for Dendonker who, not only is a player that they wanted to sell, he is also a player who wanted to come and is a fantastic young prospect who has already played for his country.

Martin Samuel said that Stoke refused to sell Joe Allento relegation rivals West Ham so why did we sell Ayew to relegation rivals Swansea.He suggests that we did so to make a tidy profit in the sales but questions the wisdom of the move.He's got a point.

The owners have probably realised that he's a safe pair of hands when backed and will slowly improve you by building a solid foundation. Our owners want quick success because they 're lazy shit houses and think that today's SOCCER fan wants to see back heels and overhead kicks every week. The cunts.

Lying bullshiting cunt.On the positive side he doesn't look a particularly well man.Gold has got one foot in the grave.If the pressure is really cranked up on them they might, just might look to get out.

Absolutely. Sullivan seems to be saying this to try and placate the fans??

But actually, as you rightly point it, it merely reinforces the fact that our currents board recruitment style and / or policy is totally and utterly flawed.

It actually makes him look worse than he already is.

And as Murphy already stated on TS "So what was your next target, Neymar?" It's just ridiculous. You can't just keep saying "We tried to buy X and we tried to buy Y" if those players aren't available and your chance of getting them is basically zero.

I feel such a sense of anger and utter bewilderment at our current board I can barely put it into words. There contempt for the supporters is palpable by all they do and say and there utter mismanagement of our player recruitment is ultimately going to send us down.